NBA PLAYOFFS: Game 3: La Lakers @ Phoenix

[DaDragicShow]

isn´t it time for amare to show up?? i expect 42 points and 12 boards. with lesser production than this we´ll lose this game. so come on amare, show that you can carry a team.

who in hell is the real zen master, huh?? nice game, we figured it out how to win a game against the lakres, we need to keep this effort up and need some bench production in the next game and we have a tied series

Amare, is that you?

[pidi]

haha, you can call me zen master or ama´rohmygod.. haha

[BurningHeart]

Can't believe we won while playing like that. Shot like ****, bench was ****. But really, I told you guys, you play Kobe the right way by stooping everyone else......and good things happen. Lakers came back down to Earth in their shooting tonight. Hopefully that continues. Hopefully our shots start to fall.

Limited turnovers, Amare and Nash showed up real nice. Pretty encouraging.

Lastly, it gives my visit to Phoenix for Game 4 some meaning.

LETS **** TIE IT.

[Miklo]

haha, you can call me zen master or ama´rohmygod.. haha

Wait, you predicted 42 and 12 and he got 42 and 11?

I thought he'd do good but I was guessing maybe 30 and 10.

[pidi]

^^ yah, got lucky this time.. let´s hope that he shows up again...

[SteveNashMVP]

Our bench was garbage yesterday especially you know who........ when the bench sucked the suns won but when the bench played well they lost

[Miklo]

Our bench was garbage yesterday especially you know who........ when the bench sucked the suns won but when the bench played well they lost

I think it shows that while our bench is what propels us to wins, they are really more of a complement to the starters. At least 3 of the starters have to have good games, because the bench isn't gonna score 100 points, etc.

[KJ7]

We finally found a way to get them out of our lane. Our zone looked so good compared to game 2 when we played it for a bit. Seems like we made some adjustments with the guard/forward only moving on when the wing player was picked up.

It was just so good to force them into some TO's and then see them settling for jump-shots. That's exactly what Phil Jackson does NOT want them to do. He wants them dumping the ball into our lane on every possession. If we can get Kobe shooting contested 3 pointers I'll be pretty happy with that.

Our bench couldn't hit the backside of a barn. Barbosa and Frye had some easy 3s they would usually convert ... hopefully they start dropping. I still think Frye should be out of the rotation. Amundson's a better blocker and rebounder.

Great to see Lopez and Amare just taking it to the Lakers and continually attacking the rim. Some of Lopez's post moves were just fantastic. Not sure he can do that consistently but everything just seemed to go in today. JRich continues to play well. Just about the only player who could sink a 3 tonight and seems to hit them at crucial times.

[Leto]

Gratz on the big win last night, guys. Really happy that Lopez is starting to find his game after the lay off. Hopefully he can continue to show his worth during this playoff series. Good luck the rest of the way.

[Calvin Klein]

What's interesting is how everybody was talking about how bad the zone looked on practice. Let's hope it wasn't just a "lucky" zone they did

[JohnVancouver]

Amar'e just needs to not talk. He just said "I try to dedicate my game to the game of basketball."

That sentence.... that's all i'll say.

It was on the fly, it's difficult to answer those type of questions after such an emotional game.

+1 - it's very easy to mis=speak in those situations. hey Grumpy - you must have loved George Bush, JR. He was a font of malapropisms

[JohnVancouver]

Nash broke his nose.

yeah man but DAMN nash is tough as nails. he played through it and then apologized to TNT cuz he was going to be late for his interview due to xrays... Nash is just amazing.

I knew it was broke when I saw him trying to yank it back into place -

[JohnVancouver]

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2010/05/2 ... ef:nbahpt1

that's our lil' tough guy

[DaDragicShow]

Make Lakers shoot lots of 3's instead of getting easy layups inside and we should be fine. I had a feeling Odom and Artest wouldn't continue to torch us from the outside and it showed.

[grumpysaddle]

It was on the fly, it's difficult to answer those type of questions after such an emotional game.

+1 - it's very easy to mis=speak in those situations. hey Grumpy - you must have loved George Bush, JR. He was a font of malapropisms

He was a very entertaining president! And at least everyone agreed he was terrible. Sucks that people are blinded by Obama's slickness.